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macOS is my favorite development environment...
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...but I also build some softwares under Windows...
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AutomoutMaker
Easily mount your shared folders.
SplitBrowser
WebKit-based browser with multiple pages
on single window and fullscreen support (HTML, PDF, PNG, JPEG...)
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AutomounMaker is an easy to use macOS tool to create scripts that will mount an AFP,
FTP, WebDAV(http), NFS or SMB network share.
You can use the script as a Startup Item in your user's session config to
automatically mount the given share upon login.
If you use always the same shared volume on your desktop, AutomountMaker is more
easy than the classic Connect to Server... proposed by Apple.
Yes it's possible since 1.3.0 version.
Open your script file, click on Options pane
and fill the first field to set the
delay to mount your volume.
[Q]: Do I have the last version of this software?
Select Check for Updates... into
AutomountMaker menu to verify if you have the
last version installed.
[Q]: Can I use reserved chars on my password?
Yes, you can use special chars into your password. But you can't both use SMB
domain name and reserved chars.
[Q]: How to use old AutomountMaker script?
Please read the AutomountMaker Help.
[Q]: I want to see my password...
Open Preferences and choose Show login password.
Tips And Trick
Learn more about hidden options...
AutomountMaker offers you hidden options:
ControllerDictKey:QuitEvenNoMountedVolume
Quit the application without checking the mounted volumes.
You can enable this option by entering the following command in Terminal:
defaults write net.xylobox.AutomountMaker
ControllerDictKey:QuitEvenNoMountedVolume YES
To revert to the original settings:
defaults delete net.xylobox.AutomountMaker
ControllerDictKey:QuitEvenNoMountedVolume
ControllerDictKey: HideMenubar
Hidd the menubar when AutomountMaker is launched.
You can enable this option by entering the following command in Terminal:
defaults write net.xylobox.AutomountMaker ControllerDictKey: HideMenubar YES
To revert to the original settings:
defaults delete net.xylobox.AutomountMaker ControllerDictKey: HideMenubar
How to launch AutomountMaker script files at startup...
Open 'System Preferences',
Click 'Users & Groups',
Click 'Login Items',
Drag your favorite AutomountMaker script file on it.
Screenshots
Let's got to create your fist AutomountMaker script with SMB protocol
Choose SMB protocol.
Fill host name or IP address,
Fill share point,
Fill domain or workgroup if necessary,
Fill name and password.
And save your first AutomountMaker script with Appli Now button
FTP sample configuration
A sample script for FTP connect to Debian server with an anonymous account.
Sample protected script file with MAC Address
If you want to open a protected script, a shield is displayed on the top right of the
window.
This type of script can be launched only with the computer who made it. So if you try
to execute it, an error is created into the log and the volume will not mount.
Show security with protected script file
You can't disable protected script if the script has been made with another computer
and if option Activate protection of script by MAC address is enabled into
Options pane.
This is the General preferences window
When mounting your shared volume failed, you can :
Do nothing,
Display alert message,
Open the log window,
Push notification into the Notification Center.
Log file
Log window can help you to find error when you try to mount a shared volume.
All AutomountMaker's logs are created under ~/Library/Logs/AutomountMaker
Reveal your script file configuration with Quicklook
Since v1.4 quicklook is available.
Apple's Quick Look feature in OS X is a convenient way to preview a AutomountMaker
script without needing to launch application to do so. Just select your script file
and press the spacebar.
SplitBrowser
v0.6.2
WebKit-based browser with multiple pages on single
window and fullscreen support (HTML, PDF, PNG, JPEG...)
SplitBrowser is a DONATEWARE that will allows you to display multiple web pages on
single window..
You can customize the size of each frame and display window into full screen mode.
It's easy to display enterprise web informations on wall display for example.
system: macOS
system version min: macOS 10.13.x
system version max: macOS 10.15.x
FAQs
[Q] : Is it possible to display something other than HTML?
Yes of course. Because SplitBrowser is a Web-Kit base browser.
You can display HTML, PDF, PNG, JPEG, ... and all that Safari should display ;-)
If you link SplitBrowser to a folder, all his contents can be
displayed by SplitBrowser
[Q] : How to see SplitBrowser's logs?
Current log is available when you open Log item into File menu
All SplitBrowser's logs are created under ~/Library/Logs/SplitBrowser
folder.
Tips And Trick
It's possible to setup an URL reload periodic function
Open Preferences, select Display tab and fill Try to reload site each field with the reload
periodic (in seconds).
If you want to display SplitBrowser's main window into full screen mode
Open Preferences and select Display window into full screen at startup.
You must restart SplitBrowser to enable this option.
Since version 0.6.0, you can set the Screensaver in System Preferences and
maintain the display content for a period of the day.
Open Preference and select Disable "Screensaver" between option
and fill the fields of the desired period.
Enable Screensaver into your System Preference of course ;-)
Restart SplitBrowser to enable this option.
Screenshots
This is the main window with split frame window.
You can easily customize the size of each web frame just drag spliters.
These is the nice options if you want to brink to front SplitBrowser app.
You can setup the color of spliters and choose many other display options.
